Those of you listening to NPR in the Southern California Inland Empire can tune in right now for an interview about the deaf Scottish percussionist... Alain PS: Robin Williams does a superb immitation of a deaf person talking, if that's any help....
bill kilpatrick wrote: >i can't remember her name but i know her ability is >not unique - there's a very accomplished percussionist >in england who is deaf and uses vibrations to play. > >presumably, a deaf person can be taught to duplicate >vibrations in their own throat which they feel when >placing their fingers on the throat of someone >speaking vowel sounds, for example. an instructor >would have to indicate how close they are to the sound >and whether the level of volume is correct but i >suppose it could be done. > >as for reenacting or replicating an early sound, i'm >afraid we're more or less obliged to follow the >leader. > >- bill > >--- Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I spent some time reading about how deaf people >>learn >>to talk, since their problem, reproducing the sounds >>of a world which is silent for them, is (at least >>superficially) like our problem, reproducing the >>sounds of bygone centuries which are silent for us. >> >>After reading a while, I thought that, actually, >>their problem, being "mechanical", is not much like >>ours. On reflection, I am not so sure. >> >>At any rate, I was not very fulfilled by the reading >>I could find with a WWW search engine. Any >>suggestions? >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >> >> >> >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >"and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don >Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra >Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: >http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm > > > >___________________________________________________________ >To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! >Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > > > > >
